CHANGING CHATTANOOGA
Through acts of service and prayer rallies, Mount Canaan Baptist is sharing the gospel and promoting racial harmony in ‘Scenic City’
By David Dawson
ddawson@tnbaptist.org
CHATTANOOGA — Ternae Jordan, like so many pastors in the nation, has been given the difficult task of helping his congregation, and his community, navigate through the emotionally draining developments that have emerged over the past six months.
Racial unrest, deadly storms and a worldwide pandemic have combined to create a seemingly grim set of circumstances, and have caused many people, including some Christ-followers, to slip into a state of depression.
And yet, Jordan, lead pastor of Mount Canaan Baptist Church, Chattanooga, doesn’t look at this challenging stretch as being a time when evil and illness have prevailed. Just the opposite, in fact.
“I can see God’s hands all over this season,” said Jordan. [Read more…]
FREE COPIES OFFERED FOR SUMMIT WRAP-UP
Baptist & Reflector
FRANKLIN — The Nov. 18 issue of the Baptist and Reflector will include articles on messages delivered during the Virtual Summit and feature stories based on the videos.
The issue also will include advertising messages from companies as well as Tennessee Baptist and Southern Baptist entities that normally would have had exhibits during Summit. [Read more…]
SUMMIT 2020 TO BE UNLIKE ANY OTHER
No in-person gathering, but annual event still has plenty to offer
By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org
FRANKLIN — Though it will be the first time in the 146-year history of the Tennessee Baptist Convention that there will not be an annual meeting, Summit will take place virtually.
The Summit, which was scheduled for Nov. 8-11 at Brentwood Baptist Church, Brentwood, was “postponed indefinitely” in late August.
“The COVID-19 pandemic put us in the unfortunate position of having to cancel The Summit this year,” said Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the TBMB.
“There was just too much risk in bringing people together from across the state, especially when we would have people coming from areas that have had very few coronavirus cases. Convention leadership, in cooperation with the Arrangements Committee and the TBMB board of directors made the call to err on the side of protecting Tennessee Baptist messengers and guests. [Read more…]
2020 SUMMIT: FULL SCHEDULE
SUMMIT SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Nov. 10
(begins at 9 a.m., CST)
Pre-Summit Video (starts at 8:30 a.m.)
A Spoken Word: Nick Person, Executive Pastor, New Vision Baptist Church Murfreesboro
TBC President’s Welcome: Bruce Chesser, pastor, FBC Hendersonville
Summit Greetings: Mike Glenn, pastor, Brentwood Baptist Church, Brentwood
Good News Video Story featuring Victory Baptist Church, Henning
Prayer for America: Wagdy Zakher, pastor, Arabic Baptist Church, Murfreesboro [Read more…]
NOW DEBT FREE, MARYVILLE CHURCH DOUBLES CP GIVING TO 10 PERCENT
By Diana Chandler
Senior Writer, Baptist Press
MARYVILLE — Pastor Scott Linginfelter had just preached the opening night of a tent revival on a farm field in rural Greenback when he told Baptist Press of his commitment to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program.
“Somebody found treasure in a field,” he said of his sermon based on Matthew 13:44. “To find treasure, it means you don’t just get saved, but you become part of kingdom theology, and you work with other believers to reach people who also want to be a part of that kingdom, and also find that treasure. It’s something that we work together toward as a church and as Southern Baptists. We cooperate toward missions.”
Linginfelter is pastor of Maryville’s Mount Carmel Baptist Church, which in October voted to begin giving 10 percent of undesignated receipts to the Cooperative Program, doubling the longtime annual contribution of 5 percent. [Read more…]
TBC CP GIFTS END YEAR NEAR GOAL
Baptist and Reflector
FRANKLIN — In a year when most churches across Tennessee could not meet in person for several months, Tennessee Baptists continued to faithfully meet missions and ministry needs in the state and around the world.
Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,824,225 through the Cooperative Program in October.
Tennessee Baptists gave a total of $34,203,543 through the Cooperative Program during the 2019-20 budget year which ended Oct. 31. The amount was $516,061 or 1.51 percent below what was given last year. The total also was $796,457 or 2.28 percent below budget needs. [Read more…]
MOHLER TO BE NOMINATED FOR SBC PRESIDENCY
By George Schroeder
Baptist Press
ORLANDO — Citing a desire to serve as a uniter amid turbulent times, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. said he has agreed to accept a nomination to serve as SBC president at the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting.
Mohler is expected to be nominated by H.B. Charles, senior pastor of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla. Almost a year ago, Charles announced his intention to nominate Mohler for president at the 2020 Annual Meeting, which was canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It’s basically just a year’s delay,” Mohler said, adding that his reasons for agreeing to be nominated in 2021 remained largely the same.
“My entire life has been in the Southern Baptist Convention,” Mohler told Baptist Press. “I’ve spent my entire adult life trying to help Southern Baptists. And I hope to do that, if allowed by the convention, in order to bring together Southern Baptists – associations, state conventions and at the national level, and pastors and churches – into a deeper commitment to what Southern Baptists believe and our cooperative mission together.” [Read more…]
NAMB TRUSTEES CELEBRATE AAEO; REDUCE BUDGET
Baptist Press
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Trustees of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) gathered Oct. 5-6 to celebrate God’s provision and Southern Baptist faithfulness during a year marked by a pandemic, economic uncertainty and social unrest. Most trustees attended the meeting in person with social distancing at NAMB’s building in Alpharetta while some participated online.
At the group’s Monday evening celebration dinner, NAMB president Kevin Ezell noted that after the COVID-19 virus sent the United States into a lockdown just as most churches normally would raise funds for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering, NAMB stopped promoting giving to the offering. But giving continued nonetheless as churches found creative ways to continue to promote and collect the offering.
“But 2020 was the greatest Annie Armstrong Offering in the history of the North American Mission Board,” Ezell said. “It was not the largest. But it was the greatest.” [Read more…]
C-N STUDENTS FIND WAYS TO SERVE MINDFULLY DURING COVID
Carson-Newman news office
JEFFERSON CITY — More than 200 students with Carson-Newman University participated in an annual day of service, albeit with a lot of changes from years past.
The university participates in Operation Inasmuch each fall semester, with hundreds of students traditionally volunteering to serve on-site with dozens of community partners throughout East Tennessee.
As with so many other things this year, the pandemic required a shift from tradition since many organizations are not taking on-site volunteers. This year, the event took place Wednesday, Oct. 7, and involved mostly virtual acts of service. The university canceled classes so students could participate. [Read more…]
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